📍 300 High St, Lowell, Kent County, 49331
Unity Alternative School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Lowell, Kent County. The school has 18 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lowell Area Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. The four-year graduation rate is 24%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Unity Alternative School enrolls 18 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 61% male and 39% female. A teaching staff of 1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 13 | 72% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 11% |
| Asian | 1 | 5.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
13 of the school's 18 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 13 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Unity Alternative School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-20, state senate district 29, state house district 86.
Unity Alternative School is one of 7 schools in Lowell Area Schools, based in LOWELL, Michigan. The district serves 3,470 students district-wide and employs 198 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 18 students, Unity Alternative School is smaller than the district average of about 496 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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